Sweet Potato and Crab Soup

Ingredients

2 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup diced onion
1/4 cup diced carrot
1 tablespoon flour
2 cups diced sweet potatoes
3 cups light stock or water
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 cup lump crabmeat, carefully picked over for shells and cartilage
2 tablespoons snipped chives

Instructions

In a soup pot melt butter, add onion and carrot and sweat until tender. Dust vegetables with flour and stir until golden. Add sweet potatoes and stock and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender. Remove pot from heat and allow soup to cool slightly. Puree in a blender or food processor until smooth. Strain, if a fine soup is desired, and return to cleaned pot. Stir in cream and crab and season to taste with salt and pepper. Reheat soup just to simmering; do not boil soup. Just before serving add chives.

Yield: 6 servings